Kia ora koutou, greetings...
It is both my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to Te Kauwhata Primary School.
We are a contributing school in the village of Te Kauwhata and pride ourselves on our place within the community and the sense of 'whanau' and 'belonging' that we strongly believe in and demonstrate.
At the end of 2015 we were very proud to have constructed our Waharoa. The Waharoa was designed and carved by local Whanau and community and represents and embraces all that our school stands for.
TKP is a progressive school, embracing e-Learning with a range of modern devices as integral tools for supporting and enhancing quality teaching and learning in this 21st Century.
TKP is a PB4L-SW school (Positive Behaviour for Learning - School Wide), which builds on our vision and values of WeCARE. PB4L School-Wide looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. We have been accredited as being a Tier 1 PB4L-SW school and we are now working in Tier 2 of the PB4L-SW programme.
In 2023 we now have 3 bilingual classrooms. Room 9 which is our Year 1 and 2 class has been named Maahoe. Room 7 which is our Year 3 and 4 class has been named Patetee. Room 8 which is our Year 5 and 6 class has been named Hiinau.
As a staff we are a 'team' of learners who, like our students, learn from each other and welcome all opportunities to continue to grow our roles and competencies in these 'exponential' times.
Te Kauwhata Primary School is a great place to be!
Thank you, we welcome visits to our school.
We C.A.R.E.
Kind regards,
Brian Martin
Principal
Our team for 2023: (check left for more information under Our Team)
Senior Leadership Team
Principal Brian Martin
Deputy Principal Carolyn Roberts
Deputy Principal Michael Thompson
Team Leaders -
Year 1 - 3 - Kate Moore
Year 4 - 6 - Georgia Read
NMoNM - Sarah Jayne McLachlan (Associate Principal)
Teaching Team
Room 1 Kate Moore & Candice Bateup
Room 2 Anne Mitchell
Room 3 Alice Kapoor
Room 4 Stephanie Wolfe
Room 6 Harjeet Kaur
Patatee (Room 7) Taumata Tumai
Hiinau (Room 9) Tania Nepe
Mahoe (Room 8) Sarah Jayne McLachlan
Room 10 Jessica Howes
Room 14 Hannah Swansbury
Room 15 Lilli Moth
Room 16 Georgia Read
Room 17 Lesieli Seaton
Learning Support Coordinator - Keri Kittsen (3 days)
Candice Bateup (2 days)
Release Teacher - Loren Huisman
Kara Burns (Well Being Release)
Office staff:
Brenda Hitchcock
Louise Salzwedel
Caretaker
Russell Watson
Cleaners
Betty Samuels
Mihara Rangi
Support staff:
Sonia Katu
Alison O’Neill
Amber Casey
Angel Tawhiti
Sara Hartley
Sarah McCarthy
Madelene Hansen
Kim Falwasser
Girlie Iwihora